Linksys NAS200

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06 Aug 2008 No one has talked about noise... This product is slow, on a 100 mbps network it can only manage at best speeds that are around a attached USB drive. Might as well just get USB enclosures, as most of them are far less noisy.

I found this thing had little insulation, placing the drives next to each other, I found their noise was intolerable, especially since it did nothing to hide the high-pitched SATA whine.

I have gotten other drive enclosures from Western Digital(SATA-only) that are very quiet and faster than thi... –Stephen W. Hoffmannfrom Amazon.com
01 Aug 2008 Find a better solution This is good for some basic storage, but it falls short on performance of any kind. I get better file transfer from computer to computer than to this hard drive storage. Latency is also a major factor with this solution. When copying large amounts of data for backups, this system will often hang and stop copying.

Linksys Network Storage System with 2 Bays (NAS200)

I am thinking of replacing this item due to these issues and will be evaluating other systems. It is a great concep... –Eric E. Gilesfrom Amazon.com
27 Jul 2008 Ideal remote backup Since buying the NAS200, it took me about two hours to get it fully set up as the remote FTP driven back up for my company. Using SmartFTP in the office to update changed files only, I now have a secure off site backup, mirrored with 1Tb of space. It took me a while to work out the router forwarding (hint, most routers have dyndns and forwarding support these days, program a fixed IP onto your NAS200 then forward FTP ports to that IP, you don't need to use the NAS200's own service at all).
... –T. Patersonfrom Amazon.com

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